[Mvpmc-devel] doing without DHCP

[Rob N. <ro...@no...>]

Hi,

New to the group, just obtained an MVP and in the middle of setting up 
my server, not working yet...

I have a question which I haven't been able to find an answer to while 
surfing around the various sites - with the Hauppauge Windows software I 
didn't need to turn off the DHCP server in my router and yet it still 
works.  How does it know where to download its code from without the 
special entry in the DHCP offer?  Can't the same method be used with 
MVPMC? 

I want my LAN to have a DHCP server so I can use my work laptop without 
having to reconfigure it, but I don't want my TV server switched on all 
the time (at least initially - it's too noisy at the moment - maybe once 
I can afford to replace the noisy bits).

Hmmm...maybe I can figure out a way to automate turning off/on the 
router's DHCP server when my TV server boots up/shuts down.

-- 

Rob.